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Predicting School Readiness

The Validity of Developmental Age

Chip Wood, MSW

Chip Wood is a founder of the Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and a teacher in the Greenfield Center School, an independent elementary school with a developmentally-based curriculum. He received his MSW in community organization from Howard University.

Sarah Powell, MS

Sarah J. Powell received her MS degree from the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in 1977. She is currently employed at Smith College as a social science methodology and computer consultant.

R. Chris Knight, PhD

R. Christopher Knight received his PhD from the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in 1978. He is currently an independent research and writing consultant. Address: Chip Wood, MSW, Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., Box 1024, Greenfield, MA 01302.

The present study is an examination of the predictive validity of the Gesell School Readiness Screening Test. Test results obtained by certified examiners of 84 kindergarten-age children were compared with subsequent school successes or "special needs" designations. The study found that the Gesell procedure is effective in predicting child success or failure in Kindergarten and that within the range of 4 to 6 years the chronological age of children entering Kindergarten is unrelated to eventual success or failure in kindergarten. Developmental age, as measured by the Gesell Examination, provides a useful predictive measurement of later school performance.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 17, No. 1, 8-11 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948401700104
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